More Questions on History
- Q. Japan’s Parliament is known as
A)Dail
B)Diet
C)Yuan
D)Shora
Answer: Diet
- Q. Kalidasa’s works include: I. Abhijnanashakuntalam II. Meghadutam III. Raghuvamsa IV. Malvikagnimitram V. Ritusamhara VI. Kumarasambhava Select the correct option
A)I, II, IV, V and VI
B)I, II, III and IV
C)I, III , IV and V
D)All of them
Answer: All of them
- Q. The Khalji Sultans of Delhi were
A)Afghans
B)Mongols
C)Turks
D)A Jat tribe
Answer: Turks
- Q. When was the commercial colonization of India commenced?
A)1751
B)1707
C)1765
D)1757
Answer: 1757
- Q. Which one of the following was NOT introduced by Shivaji?
A)Chauth
B)Land-tax
C)Sardeshmukhi
D)Pilgrim tax
Answer: Pilgrim tax
- Q. Sivagiri pilgrimage was conceived by __________ and T. K. Kittan Writer. It was duly approved by Gurudevan on January, 1928
A)T. K. Madhavan
B)Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
C)Rajaram Mohan Roy
D)Govindan Vaidyar
Answer: Vallabhasseri Govindan Vaidyar
- Q. The Cabinet Mission Plan ruled out the possibility of the formation of
A)Pakistan
B)Union of India
C)Constituent Assembly
D)Groups by Provinces
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at
A)Madras
B)Calcutta
C)Belgaum
D)Lahore
Answer: Belgaum
- Q. When did the Battle of Nicopolis take place?
A)1453
B)1396
C)1305
D)1378
Answer: 1396
- Q. Assertion (A): The invasions of Krishnadeva Raya into the territories of Prataparudra were inconclusive. Reason (R): Krishnadeva Raya invaded the territories of the Gajpathi not for the latter’s extinction but only for the recovery of lost territories.
A)Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true
Answer: A is false but R is true
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira the 24 th Tirthankar of Jainism was born at __________ and died at __________
A)Kusinara and Pava
B)Vaishali and Rajagriha
C)Kundagrama and Pava
D)Kashi and Champa
Answer: Kundagrama and Pava
- Q. The Cripps Offer was regarded as a ‘post dated cheque’ by
A)Jinnah
B)Nehru
C)Gandhi
D)Rajaji
Answer: Gandhi
- Q. Name the ruler whose reign was a witness to both Vardhaman Mahavira and the Buddha preaching their respective doctrines?
A)Bimbisara
B)Udayin
C)Ajatashatru
D)Harshvardhana
Answer: Bimbisara
- Q. Who among the following had observed, upon Gandhi’s assassination. “None will believe that a man like this body and soul ever walked on this earth”?
A)Nelson Mandela
B)Bertrand Russel
C)Albert Einstein
D)Leo Tolstoy
Answer: Albert Einstein
- Q. The local name of Mohenjodaro is
A)Mound of the tree
B)Mound of the living
C)Mound of the dead
D)Mound of the survivor
Answer: Mound of the dead
- Q. Who said – “Our Life and religion are useless without the attainment of Swaraj”?
A)Veer Kunwar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Lala Lajpat Rai
D)Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Q. Which of the following event compel M.K Gandhi to withdraw the Nation’s cooperation from the British Government?
A)Bhagat singh Hanging
B)Jallianwala massacre
C)Lathi charge
D)All of the above
Answer: Jallianwala massacre
- Q. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of
A)Arcot
B)Trichinopoly
C)Wandiwash
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Wandiwash
- Q. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is
A)Angas
B)Prabandhas
C)Nibandhas
D)Chartis
Answer: Angas
- Q. The Mughal government can be described as an/a
A)Liberal monarchy
B)Autocracy
C)Centralised despotism
D)Absolute monarchy
Answer: Centralised despotism
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